Paul Johnson on Flight to Atlanta

[jacketup]

Uhhhhh.

Gailey spent most of his previous 15 years as an NFL offensive coordinator, QB coach and WR coach. He was far from a triple option coach.

Just in case you didn't know.

For you who don't know how to read, I did not say that Chan ran the triple option, but in case you did not notice, Chan was fired because of his conservative offense. Since you are slow, I'll explain that conservative largely means that he advocated running the ball. Now, to go further, and slowly, the triple option is a run oriented offense. So much so, that Navy was 119 our of 119 teams in passing offense, and in fact, only attempted about 10 passes a game, which is well below even the 117th team. So, Gailey and PJ are both conservative, run oriented coaches.

Understand, or was that too many words?

Doesn't matter. Radakovich understands, and your chance and Johnson's chance of being the next GT HC are about the same.

 

[TechinItEasy]

...but, "Plan all along?" You guys are stuck in 2001. Why would Rad hire a guy that doesn't have to recruit and has little experience doing so? Why would Rad hire someone with the pretense that they had to work in a limited environment.

You must have missed his time at GSU.

PJ(I'll call him that if I want to) runs the triple option at Navy b/c he has to. Check his GSU stats. Everywhere this man steps touchdowns follow him.

And anything is more lifelike than Gailey...he might as well have been a cardboard cutout.

In the end I trust DRad and think that we all should as well...he is the one doing the interviews and thorough backgorund checks after all.

 

[gatechkid21]

look yall may not like the triple option but it will be amazing with nesbitt and dwyer i would either get hatcher or johnson:hsugh:

 

[GTfanNBama]

well u guys can wish in one hand......and well, u know the rest

 

[jacketup]

PJ actually has HC experience

So did Gailey. Johnson and Gailey have in common that neither had head coaching or coordinator experience at a big time college program.

Someone needs to explain to me why Johnson is not the longest shot of all. The man has no relevant experience. NONE. So he won in Div. 1-AA. So he beats the other academies. Big deal.

Even Hatcher spent a couple of years at UK, which was a pretty poor team, but that is more experience than Johnson has.

 

[GTwreckfan852]

PJ would be nice but... HATCHER!

 

[jacketup]

look yall may not like the triple option but it will be amazing with nesbitt and dwyer i would either get hatcher or johnson:hsugh:

Until Nesbitt gets hurt in about the 3rd or 4th game of the year like Reggie did last year when Nix kept trying to run him up the middle. Then what do you do?

Johnson has not coached, even as an assistant at a big time program.

 

[kylejgabriel]

I just don't see intensity or excitement under Paul Johnson...

 

[ncjacket]

man, you are getting old
first off, you have Bama in you font, which any college football fan knows ruins your credibility from the onset
second, PJ is much more of a concensus choice than WM - as evidenced by all of the straw polls out there
third, PJ actually has HC experience

we dont need someone who will be loud while the program slips.. we can get coordinators that yell while the Head Coach leads the program with a plan that works and great support from assistant coaches and the AA - if we want it to work.

and the last thing we need is a concensus choice. My expectation of DRad is he hire who he feels is the very best candidate to get Tech where we all want to be. If he hires someone because he thinks it's who the fans want, he should be fired immediately.

 

[demjackets]

Smokescreen? Are you guys serious? Come on

He actually came to ATL to meet with his reps essentially, an interview was just a bonus and not the reason he was on his way down here.

 

[gtswf]

The man has won everywhere he has been. He won 2 nc's at georgia southern. He has taken freaking navy to 5 bowls. Not to mention, he beats his rival. Last year at this time, we would have loved Paul Johnson as our coach.

 

[GTfanNBama]

The man has won everywhere he has been. He won 2 nc's at georgia southern. He has taken freaking navy to 5 bowls. Not to mention, he beats his rival. Last year at this time, we would have loved Paul Johnson as our coach.

when u say 'we', who exactly are u referring to? stingtalkers? not me

 

[TechinItEasy]

So did Gailey. Johnson and Gailey have in common that neither had head coaching or coordinator experience at a big time college program. One overlapping fact about the two make them equal? Or do you just hate Gailey that much?

Someone needs to explain to me why Johnson is not the longest shot of all. The man has no relevant experience. NONE. So he won in Div. 1-AA. So he beats the other academies. Big deal. We're not hiring Steve Spurrier, and we don't have the ducketts to pay for an already "big time" coach. He has plenty of relative experience, in that he is a career football coach. Check his record at Navy, he's beaten more than just Army(who they spanked BTW and gave us a game...at least for a half)

Even Hatcher spent a couple of years at UK, which was a pretty poor team, but that is more experience than Johnson has.

The guy's only lost 39 games in the last 10 years...including his first year at Navy which was 2-10.

Bottom line: what he's done at Navy and GSU is nothing short of miraculous. He turned both of those programs completely around. he also has great recruiting ties to south georgia(although so does hatcher).

Does hatchers time as an assistant at UK really mean that much to you?

 

[gtswf]

when u say 'we', who exactly are u referring to? stingtalkers? not me

lol, I understand you don't like Paul Johnson, you have made that clear. We all want what is best for Tech, we just have different ideas. If Muschamp is hired as coach, I will support him 100%.

 

[hiveredtech]

lol, I understand you don't like Paul Johnson, you have made that clear. We all want what is best for Tech, we just have different ideas. If Muschamp is hired as coach, I will support him 100%.

Paul Johnson would be my top choice of those we have all seen mentioned.

Either way, it appears to be a big roll of the dice for us...none are silver bullets.

 

[GoldenTornado]

For you who don't know how to read, I did not say that Chan ran the triple option, but in case you did not notice, Chan was fired because of his conservative offense. Since you are slow, I'll explain that conservative largely means that he advocated running the ball. Now, to go further, and slowly, the triple option is a run oriented offense. So much so, that Navy was 119 our of 119 teams in passing offense, and in fact, only attempted about 10 passes a game, which is well below even the 117th team. So, Gailey and PJ are both conservative, run oriented coaches.

Understand, or was that too many words?

I'm very impressed with the ferocity of your ad-hominem style. It's AW3S0M3 D00D, you pwn3d me!!!!

It still didn't address the real point I was trying to make. My apologies for only implying it rather than explicitly stating it:

CCG was a passing offense coach, and his passing game sucked on the Flats.

O'Leary was a defensive coach, and his defense sucked on the Flats.

Just because Paul Johnson's Navy offenses don't pass much does not mean he won't ever pass on the Flats either. He has stated before that he would pass more with the right personnel.

Just like Jim Grobe passes a lot more now at Wake than he did before at Ohio.

Finally, Johnson's QB's are better at passing than ours are when they have to do it.

I am not a "hire Paul Johnson now or you suck!" advocate, I like RN and CH as well, but I think PJ is probably the most qualified candidate aside from the phrases "triple option" and "flexbone" giving you and some other folks hives because you assume the man is so stupid that he can't adapt at all, just as you assume that I and perhaps everyone who might choose to disagree with you is stupid.

 

[GTKyle]

Dude for the amount you read these forums I thought you woulda known.

Dem came out after the Army Navy game and said that he just couldn't say anything about PJ before the game.

I don't read this forum as much as you think, especially not some random post in an 18-page thread. ;)

My posting rate has dropped considerably with finals coming up.

 

[haywire83]

I'm very impressed with the ferocity of your ad-hominem style. It's AW3S0M3 D00D, you pwn3d me!!!!

It still didn't address the real point I was trying to make. My apologies for only implying it rather than explicitly stating it:

CCG was a passing offense coach, and his passing game sucked on the Flats.

O'Leary was a defensive coach, and his defense sucked on the Flats.

Just because Paul Johnson's Navy offenses don't pass much does not mean he won't ever pass on the Flats either. He has stated before that he would pass more with the right personnel.

Just like Jim Grobe passes a lot more now at Wake than he did before at Ohio.

Finally, Johnson's QB's are better at passing than ours are when they have to do it.

I am not a "hire Paul Johnson now or you suck!" advocate, I like RN and CH as well, but I think PJ is probably the most qualified candidate aside from the phrases "triple option" and "flexbone" giving you and some other folks hives because you assume the man is so stupid that he can't adapt at all, just as you assume that I and perhaps everyone who might choose to disagree with you is stupid.

Nice post GT. I think the biggest thing to realize is that Johnson would adapt his current scheme to the personnel we have and the competition we come up against. I would guess he'd run some type of spread option much like WVU.

Another thing I like about Johnson is the discipline that his teams play with. His teams make fewer mistakes than most (observation - I don't have stats to back it up). I know his current guys are very disciplined at Navy, but I recall the same discipline to a slightly lesser extent at Georgia Southern.

 

[GoldenTornado]

By the way:

"No other team in the country has an offense like it, either, though Air Force runs some – but not nearly as much – triple option. If there's one team in the country that most resembles Navy's offense from a conceptual standpoint, it might be Texas Tech. Ironically, the Red Raiders' spread offense throws the ball on 66 percent of its plays and leads the nation in passing yards.

"They run it all the time, and we throw it a lot, but in my mind that's sort of where the differences end," Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach said. "It's about distribution of the ball. They make sure everybody touches the ball, and the quarterback makes good decisions about who gets the ball. Philosophically, I think we're incredibly similar."



From:

http://huskersforpauljohnson.blogspot.com/2007/10/understanding-paul-johnsons-offense.html

 

[gtswf]

I wonder what salary Paul Johnson would command if he leaves Navy? Hopefully we can come to an agreement, the guy can flat out coach.